Home Depot aircraft an ultralight built from plans, with material from the local Home Depot, the Motor glider 101

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Home Depot airplane, Motorglider 101.

Motor glider 101

The Motor glider 101
According to designer/ builder Jack Harper the Motor glider 101 materials were basically purchased from the local "Home Depot," and the design was thought  up during watching soap operas - and nothing else to do." Home Depot ultralight aircraft
The plane uses all wood construction. The covering material is actually "door skins." The original plane took just over 3 months to design and build.

The two 10 HP Tecumseh motors are mounted directly to two by two's, hollowed in the center with 1/8 inch plywood on the side. No rubber mounts are used! The props are direct drive and home made, and were "whittled out of wood", they were redesigned several times until optimum performance was reached.
The wings use have a plywood main spar, the ribs are styrofoam, and 1.7 ounce dacron sailcloth is used as covering material. According the Jack he has "over 50 years of experience building planes."
The plane on display had about 7 hours on it with the last flight made the week prior to the show. Jack reports that it fly's along at about 40 to 45 mph. When asked how much the average person would have invested in materials - the reply was "if you go down an by everything from Home Depot, the average person will have about $1,000 invested in engines and material, but he is going to have to scrounge something up to whittle his own props." Of course materials like the 4130 steel tubing, glider cloth, etc will have to be sourced out somewhere else.

For more information contact
Jack Harper
6140 Seaboard Ave.
Jacksonville FL. 32210
904--771-7696
at the time of writing plans were $50.00

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